Comments on: The Corolla Experience http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/ A blog by Mark and Nat, a married couple who are living in Kuwait. Mark works in Advertising while Nat works in TV. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:59:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Andrew L. http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-182460 Andrew L. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 07:46:03 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-182460 I remember driving a Ford Focus while my car was in the shop, and I was so bored while driving, I actually devised ways of complicating the drive just to amuse myself. And it has to be said, but it is entirely unfair that for the price of 1 gallon of gas here, you could easily fill your tank up half way. I remember driving a Ford Focus while my car was in the shop, and I was so bored while driving, I actually devised ways of complicating the drive just to amuse myself.

And it has to be said, but it is entirely unfair that for the price of 1 gallon of gas here, you could easily fill your tank up half way.

]]> By: zaydoun http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-176138 zaydoun Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:55:16 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-176138 And now we have all these taxis driving Corollas... they remain invisible until they suddenly swerve to the right and brake in front of you to pick up a passenger! And now we have all these taxis driving Corollas… they remain invisible until they suddenly swerve to the right and brake in front of you to pick up a passenger!

]]> By: Drunk_n_Gorgeous http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-176111 Drunk_n_Gorgeous Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:02:17 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-176111 "People just don’t care if I am occupying a lane or not its as if the Corolla is just invisible, and it is! If you are planning on tailing someone this is the car to be in, it has no personality at all and such a generic look that no way will you be spotted!" That REALLY cracked me up. Oh, and I'm currently driving a corolla :P “People just don’t care if I am occupying a lane or not its as if the Corolla is just invisible, and it is! If you are planning on tailing someone this is the car to be in, it has no personality at all and such a generic look that no way will you be spotted!”

That REALLY cracked me up.

Oh, and I’m currently driving a corolla :P

]]> By: boody http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175892 boody Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:11:47 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175892 my dad rented a corolla for me for a month when i first got my license until i got my official car. it was okay, i guess. its not like i could compare it to any other car. "Another big problem with the car is that no other car respects it." my car is a mini cooper s, and even i get cut off 243195141 times! its very VERY annoying. my dad rented a corolla for me for a month when i first got my license until i got my official car. it was okay, i guess. its not like i could compare it to any other car.

“Another big problem with the car is that no other car respects it.”
my car is a mini cooper s, and even i get cut off 243195141 times! its very VERY annoying.

]]> By: DA http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175818 DA Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:29:03 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175818 Toyota vs BMW = Happy Driver vs 'NoOneTalkToMe' Drivers any given day...:) Toyota vs BMW
=
Happy Driver vs ‘NoOneTalkToMe’ Drivers

any given day…:)

]]> By: BoB marly http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175678 BoB marly Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:07:36 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175678 Toyota Corolla.. how will i survive with out you. Toyota Corolla.. how will i survive with out you.

]]> By: Rayboy http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175663 Rayboy Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:44:31 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175663 well ... the most important part ,, people missed out... Cars like corolla , camry and few others have "extremely" low maintenance and servcie charges..... thats why a major part of the expats depend on it ... well … the most important part ,, people missed out…

Cars like corolla , camry and few others have “extremely” low maintenance and servcie charges…..

thats why a major part of the expats depend on it …

]]> By: Cajie http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175613 Cajie Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:24:38 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175613 One of the reason all Toyota's have excellent AC's is the amount of research Toyota puts to make sure it is desert compliant. While most manufactures probably ignore the Middle east market, Toyota engineers really put the cars through the grinder during the month of July-August (when it is the hottest here). People drive the cars non-stop from morning till evening with the A/C on all the time and the engineers measure everything. At the end of the day, it's a dependable car and that's why people buy it. One of the reason all Toyota’s have excellent AC’s is the amount of research Toyota puts to make sure it is desert compliant. While most manufactures probably ignore the Middle east market, Toyota engineers really put the cars through the grinder during the month of July-August (when it is the hottest here). People drive the cars non-stop from morning till evening with the A/C on all the time and the engineers measure everything.

At the end of the day, it’s a dependable car and that’s why people buy it.

]]> By: Ozy http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175516 Ozy Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:18:36 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175516 Yea, Toyotas are generally very dull and bland. But then again they are not renown for being exquisite luxury cars. Still, just use the handbrake..it'll make your Corolla experience a bit more entertaining. =P Yea, Toyotas are generally very dull and bland. But then again they are not renown for being exquisite luxury cars. Still, just use the handbrake..it’ll make your Corolla experience a bit more entertaining. =P

]]> By: Basit http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175509 Basit Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:11:40 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175509 MArk : stop crying about the RESPECT factor...u find it to be that way coz u've been rolling in a BMW...people who own the corolla might be happy with what they have...2ndly, why do u even want such a quick pickup, are u racing along the gulf road at 3am? i think its just ok... and u cant reach out for ur radio coz ur fuckin tall and u have ur seat far back, so u can fit ur legs in...and thats y u cant reacvh for the radio easily... fuck everything CHEVROLET TAHOE RULES! MArk : stop crying about the RESPECT factor…u find it to be that way coz u’ve been rolling in a BMW…people who own the corolla might be happy with what they have…2ndly, why do u even want such a quick pickup, are u racing along the gulf road at 3am? i think its just ok…
and u cant reach out for ur radio coz ur fuckin tall and u have ur seat far back, so u can fit ur legs in…and thats y u cant reacvh for the radio easily…

fuck everything CHEVROLET TAHOE RULES!

]]> By: Q80-ChillGirl http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175484 Q80-ChillGirl Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:24:36 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175484 "Another big problem with the car is that no other car respects it." This line cracked me up LOL! it is so true!!! I did try a corolla out once also when my old car was in repair and YES people did not notice me nor care weather I was in a car or a tin can!! they do not have respect for the corolla what so ever. The acceleration is crappy but its a 4-cylinder car nothing much is expected of it except if its Turbo boosted :D like mine ;p *Economically, excellent *AC, excellent generally TOYOTA is on the top! truely I tried the Corolla "a few weeks", Camry "almost 5 years, two different models", Prado "almost 2 years" they are all GREAT when it comes to AC definetly the BEST in the market since I tried the following in Kuwait in August : "rating out of 5" BMW- 3 "I hope you don't kill me ;p" Merc.- 3 Jaguar- 2.5 Ford"close but filter is crappy"- 4 Chev."also close but filter crappy"- 4 Nissan"closest to Toyota but not quite there"- 4.5 Jeep- 3 "need I say filter thing again? I noticed it in American cars, don't know why!" Honda- 4.5 VW, am still waiting for August to come & rate it, so far so good! I give it a rough 4 As for being durable, you have to give it to Toyota & Merc. if you notice the Kuwaiti streets, some still drive a Cresseda which is out of production since?? ever? also old mercs are in the streets but high in price hence the majority go for a Toyota. Besides its a car that you don't have to pamper! fill gas, oil, filter & thats it mostly :D it can hold up Still, to me I would never want to purchase it, drive it, nor recommend it :D “Another big problem with the car is that no other car respects it.”

This line cracked me up LOL! it is so true!!! I did try a corolla out once also when my old car was in repair and YES people did not notice me nor care weather I was in a car or a tin can!! they do not have respect for the corolla what so ever. The acceleration is crappy but its a 4-cylinder car nothing much is expected of it except if its Turbo boosted :D like mine ;p

*Economically, excellent
*AC, excellent
generally TOYOTA is on the top! truely I tried the Corolla “a few weeks”, Camry “almost 5 years, two different models”, Prado “almost 2 years” they are all GREAT when it comes to AC definetly the BEST in the market since I tried the following in Kuwait in August : “rating out of 5″
BMW- 3 “I hope you don’t kill me ;p”
Merc.- 3
Jaguar- 2.5
Ford”close but filter is crappy”- 4
Chev.”also close but filter crappy”- 4
Nissan”closest to Toyota but not quite there”- 4.5
Jeep- 3 “need I say filter thing again? I noticed it in American cars, don’t know why!”
Honda- 4.5
VW, am still waiting for August to come & rate it, so far so good! I give it a rough 4

As for being durable, you have to give it to Toyota & Merc. if you notice the Kuwaiti streets, some still drive a Cresseda which is out of production since?? ever? also old mercs are in the streets but high in price hence the majority go for a Toyota. Besides its a car that you don’t have to pamper! fill gas, oil, filter & thats it mostly :D it can hold up

Still, to me I would never want to purchase it, drive it, nor recommend it :D

]]> By: A E R O http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175474 A E R O Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:01:35 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175474 Haha, right there with ya Mark. As much as they might be reliable cars bla bla bla... Toyota's are the most boring cars out there. No charisma, no design, no power... and now they are more expensive than other cars. Haha, right there with ya Mark. As much as they might be reliable cars bla bla bla… Toyota’s are the most boring cars out there. No charisma, no design, no power… and now they are more expensive than other cars.

]]> By: Biohazard http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175446 Biohazard Fri, 20 Apr 2007 10:16:10 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175446 Michael.. AND EXTREME SEX APPEAL! Michael..

AND EXTREME SEX APPEAL!

]]> By: mishref http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175416 mishref Fri, 20 Apr 2007 09:21:10 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175416 Mark vs Corolla 0:1 :D Mark vs Corolla 0:1 :D

]]> By: michael http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175385 michael Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:21:14 +0000 http://www.248am.com/mark/personal/the-corolla-experience/#comment-175385 It's 1.3L of PURE VIOLENCE! It’s 1.3L of PURE VIOLENCE!

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